Display-rack



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DISPLAY RACK.

APPLICATION HLED SEPT. I7. 1918.

Patented Jan. 18,1921

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STEPHEN TRESNAK, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR TO SOLOMON HIMMEL, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

DISPLAY-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 18, 1921.

Application filed September 17, 1918. Serial No. 254,449.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, STEPHEN T RESNAK, a sub'ect of the Emperor of Austria, residing at daltimore, and State of Maryland, have invented new and useful Improvements in Display-Racks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a device for supporting a reciprocable display member and for equalizing the movements of said member as it s caused to reciprocate within a case or cabinet.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide simple means for reciprocably sup porting a display member, whereby the same may be moved. forwardly or backwardly within a case or cabinet. A'further object is to provide simple means whereby the reciprocations of the display member may be smoothly effected, and binding of the parts during movement thereof in the case or cab1- net is practically overcome.

The invention will be hereinafter fully set forth and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a top plan view of a case or cabinet, with the top wall removed, illustrating the invention. Fig. 2 is a detail end View illustrating the carriage which carries the means which supports the articles to be displayed. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail side View illustrating one of the standards and a portion of the track supported thereby. Fig. 4 is a detail sectionalview on the hue 4-4 Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view on the line 5-5 Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawing, designates a case or cabinet which may be of any preferred construction, the form illustrated consisting of a base having end panels and a back panel, the front being closed by slidable and swinging doors 11, all of well known construction.

.ward or outer side of the carriage being provided with arms shaped with overhanging portions to support a rod 20, which in the in stance illustrated serves to support clothes hangers which are engaged by garments in a manner well understood in the art but not illustrated. It is of course obvious that if it is desired to display goods other than clothing, the carriage 18 will be altered to conform to the character of such goods.

In order that a smooth movement of the carriage upon the rails may he assured, an equalizer is provided, the same consisting of two equalizer members 21 of equal length, crossed at their middle points, and pivotally connected at their point of intersection, as indicated at 22. The forward ends of the members 21 are pivotally connected to links 23, which links are also pivotally connected to the carriage. The rear ends of the arms 21 are pivotally connected to links 2 1, which links are also pivotally connected to the rear wall of the case or cabinet 10. A swinging arm is pivotally connected at one end to the equalizer arms at 22, the other end of said swinging arm being pivoted at 26, to the top of the case or cabinet 10 near the rear wall. v

In practice garments are suspended from the clothing rod 20, and the carriage 18 is moved inwardly into the case or cabinet. As the carriage is moved inwardly the arm 25 swings in an are on the pivot 26, causing the arms 21 to move toward each other on the pivot 22, the links 23 and 24 permitting said arms to accommodate themselves to the swing of said arm 25. In this manner the carriage may be moved back smoothly and in a straight line from the position shown in Fig. 1 so that the wheels 19 will not bind upon the rails, there being a substantial uniform tension upon the carriage at all times. As the carriage is moved outwardly the arm 25 also swings in a corresponding direction, causing the equalizer members 21 to open, the movement being smooth and uniform throughout. It is to be understood that the weight of the rear portion of the carriage, together with the weight of the equalit iug members is sufficient to overcome any tendency of the carriage to tip forward when weighted with articles suspended from rod 20.

Having thus explained the nature of the invention and described an operative manner of constructing and using the same, al-

though without attempting to set forth all of the forms in which it may be made, or all of the forms of its use, what is claimed is 1. A display rack comprising tracks, a carriage mounted to reciprocate on said: tracks and provided with means for sup porting the articles to be displayed, equalizer arms movably connected to said carriage and also movably connected to fixed points spaced from the carriage, means pivotally connecting said equalizer arms, and a swinging guide arm having one end pivotally connected with the equalizer arms at their point of pivotal connection, the other end of said guide arm being pivoted to a fixed point.

2. A display rack comprising tracks, a carriage mounted to reciprocate upon said tracks and provided with means for supporting the articles to be displayed, a fixed element in the rear of said carriage, crossed equalizer arms, pivoted links movably connecting said equalizer arms with said carriage, pivoted links movably connecting said equalizer arms to said fixed element, and a guide arm pivotally engagii'ig said equalizer arms and also pivotally connected to a fixed point independently of the track and of the carriage.

3. A display rack comprising tracks. a 'arriage mounted to reciprocate on said tracks and provided with means for supporting the articles to he displayed equalizer arms of equal length crossed at their middle points and pirotally connected together at their point of intersection, links loosely connecting said arms to fixed points. and a guide arm having one end pivoted to a fixed point and. the other end pivoted to the equalizer arms at their point of in tersection.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

STEPHEJ TRESNA h.

lVitnesses: 4

H. L. DRAKE, \V. Trros. Homins. 

